The Irish standard., 1887-02-19
TRAINING STEERS.
The NIati1od successfully Employed for
T,Ilirt, Years by an tlssstern Farmer.

The Matioa successfully Employed for
Thirty Wears by an Eastern Farmer.
fake yo,r cattle on your barn floor
and provide yourself with u good sharp
whip, one that You can handle quick
and just as Won want it, and by using.
TIC whip With the word. get :hern, first.
so you can drive them around the floor.
side by side; t.lon i,y the whip and the
word coming together, you can very
SOON teach them the word whoa
As soon as 5l,ey learn to stop at this
word. let them stand while You ln;y
walk u}2 on either side OF between them.
After these things are learned you can
soon Get chem ready for the yoke. /
should i,;tllS the bows on their necks
whiIn training to the first things, SO
they may get used to having something
on theil nec}ls; then yoke theln to-
yrthcr and rive them q few more turns
about the floor before going into the
yard or road. i have succet dcd in get
ting them in s]i;spe to drive in half u
days work on the floor 70 be sure Of
a we'll broken pair they should have %
littl. training every day for & week or
So In truinin11ys them to draw, load
light, and never get n,ore than they
can draw easily for the first few months,
ard you will soon have Il pair Of cattle
shat will surprise you with their
strength.
All oxen that are well broken should
be so th"5 YOU can leave the whip at the
barn and 90 into the field with a plow,
or nay or grain wagon. and bring i'll
what you want, os plow until You are
ready to quit. With over thirty years
experience in using oxen, l never had a
p,il' but wonil Gi. these things, Be
very careful not to use the whip too
much, but when it is necessary, put it
whore it tells.
Never let 81 man work with your
oxen that does not know as much as
they do, and YOU may be sure Of the
best and most faithful team that can be
found.
l have often wondered why SO few
f;tuncrs had n good yoke Of cattle.
They are the best investment a farmer
can make. One-half the grain fed to
them that is fed to a horse team will
give You pair of cattle that will turn
as much sod in a day rs your horses
(provided they are broken as they
should be), and if a leg is broken you
have some good beef; besides they are
exempt from ring-bones, spayins, curbs,
heaves and the scores Of things horses
are liable to.--H S. Natteso17, IN OHIO
Farmer.
Near the Geological Gardens, Phila-
delphia, recently man was walking
on the track of the Pennsylvania rail-
way as an engine was approaching.
Head Keeper Byrne, of the garden,
shouted a warning to him, The train
drew nearer and nearer, but the man
never lifted his eyes from the paper
until Just as the locomotive was about
to hurl him into eternity be coolly
stepped off the track, and as the cylin-
der of the rushing engine caught his
coat and tore it from off his back he
turned TO Mr.. Byrne, who had jumped
the fence expecting to pick up corpse,
and said: s'These burned railway COM
panies want the earth. They took my
last dollar to carry me here, and now
they take the only coat I've got to let
me walk On their darned old track. ~
Press.
Better than speedy trotters-fast
walk;nor horses. Western Rural,